American actress Gina Carano sued Disney and Lucasfilm on Tuesday for discrimination and wrongful terminationAfter being removed from ‘The Mandalorian’ in 2021 Compare the political situation of the United States with Nazi Germany on social networks.
The document, filed in a federal court in California, seeks a court order forcing production company Lucasfilm (owned by Disney) to rehire him and pay at least $75,000 in punitive damages.
Carano’s lawsuit is funded by social network XIt was fulfilling a promise made by businessman Elon Musk to pay for legal proceedings brought by people who claimed discrimination due to their posts on Twitter or X. However, Carano made these statements on her Instagram account.
“As a sign of X Corp’s commitment to free expression, we are proud to provide financial support to Gina Carano’s case, empowering her to vindicate her rights to free speech or discrimination,” a statement signed by X’s chief commercial officer said. operations, Joe Benarroch.
The production company responsible for the ‘Star Wars’ films fired Carano in 2021 after the actress posted a comment on Instagram in which she compared being a Republican to being Jewish during the Holocaust. “As history changes, most people don’t realize that the government first caused their own neighbors to hate them just because they were Jews, until it got to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily arrest thousands of Jews. “How is that any different from hating someone? Because of his political views?,” the actress shared.
The former mixed martial arts fighter has already distinguished himself before. Trump, who opposes the use of masks, supported comments assuring that racism does not exist in the United States and that former President Donald Trump’s followers are not treated fairly..
In the lawsuit, Carano also argues that Disney ignored offensive and derogatory comments her male colleagues made about some Republicans, citing a 2017 post by Pedro Pascal in which he compared former President Donald Trump to Hitler.